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Author Archives: Levi Fuller
Ball of Wax 46: December 2, Conor Byrne Pub
So, I guess we’re still doing this. Life goes on, healing power of music, all that? I don’t know, but I think it will feel good to stand in a room of good people and hear some good music. Join … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Winterhalter, Boring Ghost, Modern Relics, pampa, robert deeble, the foghorns
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Submit to Ball of Wax 46!
Yet again we find ourselves putting together a collection of the finest and weirdest and least-heard sounds we can find to be lovingly compiled into a volume of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly. As you probably know, sometimes there is … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 45 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble/Baylies Band
The Vardaman Ensemble does exactly as the song title “Kill the Jam. Kill It Like Custard.” promises, setting up a pleasingly skronky groove that you wouldn’t mind rocking out to for several minutes and then callously exploding it with no … Continue reading
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Tagged Baylies Band, The Vardaman Ensemble
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Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Seth Howard/Rowan Calder Adair
[There are two songs on Vol. 45 titled “Can I Have My Bullet Back?” We’re happy to welcome guest writer Rowan Adair to the Blog of Wax to explain what’s going on.] One day I lost my Nerf bullet in … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Mike Votava/Orphan Train
Unless your first name is ‘Weird,’ funny songs can be tough to pull off, but – as Mike Votava demonstrates on “Pants Are Optional” – if you have a severely constrained time limit and a sweet keyboard hook, anything is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Arslanian, Mike Votava, Orphan Train
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Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Colin J Nelson/Frustration Club
BoW stalwart Colin J Nelson, realizing that the perfect thing to do with a 60-second song is to create a jingle, gives us this musically and lyrically adept “Treatment for Online Dating Promotional Content.” Ball of Wax Volume 45 (One … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Robertson, colin j nelson, Frustration Club
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Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Ken Cormier/Natalie Quist
With “No Hall Pass,” Connecticut’s Ken Cormier (one of many BoW 45 artists also heard on the first One Minute Singles) pivots from lo-fi automotive absurdity back to the breezy, perfect pop I originally fell in love with way back … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Sindri Eldon/Electric Dylan
Maybe it’s because I’m most of the way through volume 5 of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s epic autobiographical novel My Struggle, but I find something very Knausgaardian about the solipsistic, manic intensity of Sindri Eldon‘s “I Can’t Feel Anything” – and … Continue reading
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Tagged Electric Dylan, Michael Sanchez, Sindri Eldon
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Ball of Wax 45: One Minute Singles, Friday, 9/2 at the Sunset!
Ball of Wax 45: One Minute Singles Release Show! Featuring Sam Russell & the Harborrats (celebrating 10 years!) / The Foghorns / Levi Fuller & the Library / Terwilliger Curves / Seth Howard / Natalie Quist / Luminous Craft Friday, … Continue reading
Submit to Ball of Wax 45: One Minute Singles II!
Hello, and happy summer! No sooner has the delightful BoW 44 been released into the world than it becomes incumbent upon me to announce that the next volume of Ball of Wax (#45, summer 2016) will be another go-round with … Continue reading
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